Explosive shell



R. L. CUSHING.

EXPLOSIVE SHELL.

APPLICATION F|LED1uNE11.1918.

1 30 5, 2 1 5*. Patented Jurnev 10, 1919.

GCM/1 Hexa STATES .PATENT me RICHARD n'cUsHINe, or TIsKrLWmILLINo-Is.

' I EXPLosIvE SHELL.

' 'To all; whom t may concern.'

f `Be it known that' LRICHARD L. CUSHING,

afcitizen of the United States of America, residing at Tiskilwa, in thecounty of Bureau and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovements in Explosive Shells, of which the following is a specifica-'l The invention relates to'explosive shells 'and seeks to providel asits principal object, a device of this kind comprising severalcompartments, one of which is designed to i lcarry shrapnel, anotherpowder and stillanother gasolene, certain other compartments vllcarrying unitsmade up of double containers I which carrygasolene andpowder, the two latter being separate from each other. Y

Affurther object isto provide a shell of this kind having al time fusetoignite the powder'in one compartment thereby exploding the shell anddistributing the shrapnel rfand the ,qyasolenga'` there Ibeingv meansfor igniting/the gasolene, so that its flames may bedistributed over theobjectr at which the shell is fired, such as airships and the like.

A still further object is to 'provide a shell ofthis character Vwhich issimple in constructionand yet durable and effective in operation.

StillV further and other objects will be made apparent Vin the followingdetail de- 4scriptio YVTo the exact construction in which it is shownand described, the invention is not to be restricted; such' changes oralterations as the actual e -reductionto practice may demand, in so far'as such changes or alterations may be compatible with claims. f

The right is reserved to make the spirit by the annexed 1 `In ftheaccompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view f of the improved shell,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view, y Figl isla' vsection on the line,3-3 of ,Fim` y Y i eferring to the drawings, the shell is shown ascomprising a cylindrical shell 1 on one end of whichthe nose 2 isformed. The nose is-hollow and carries therein the shrapnel 3, which isinclosed within the v nose by means of a plate 4, the periphery A of theplate frictionally engaging the inner wallof the nose'at its line ofjuncture with Athe shell proper. A longitudinal tubular speeieatien ofLetters Patent. Y

i' der and thetren'ch 11 is intended y Patented Juneio', 1919.

I Application led .Tune 11, 1918.` Serial No. 239.452.

member 5 is disposed centrally in the shell greater part of the Insurrounding relation themember'. VAplate 7 serves to close one theopposite endsbeingformed with permanent closures.

end of'each ofthe tubular members 5 and 6,

',The tubular members 5 andv 6 extend in spaced relation to each other,and the latter stands in spaced relation to the walls of the shell l. yY

Standing in spacedrel'ation tothe plate 7 there is a further plate 8vwhose periphery frictionally engages the Ainner walls of the tubularmember 1. y y p vThe rear end of thecasing 1 is'closed by a plate 9which is provided with a liole 10 and with acircular trench 11, oneendof which lterminates'in the hole. i This hole 10 is designedto holdsome quick acting powto be supplied with a fulminate. vConnecting withthe rear end ofthe vshell 1 by threadingengagement with the latter,there is asecond "platev12 provided with ahole 13 havinga radialdistance from the center of the plate equal to the radius on which thetrench 11 is formed, the trench being concentrically disposed on theplate 9. The plates l2 and 9 together operate to form a time fuse, theangular adjustment' of the plate 12, to move its hole 17 toward and awayfrom the hole determining the yinterval of time necessary for theoperation of the fuse. Y

The space in the shell 1 comprehended between the plates 8 and 9isdesigned toreceive the powder'charge 14. The tubular member 5 inclosesthe powder charge 15 and the tubular member 6 incloses gasolene. A fuse16 connects the charge of powder 14 withthe c'harge`l5. Y

All thevspace comprehendedpvbetween the tubular member 6 and theshell'isdesigned to'receive the hand grenades 16', each of i'oo ymeansnf a Chziininernber V21. l Fuses 220011 neef: with the Ypowvdercharge-14E and Vone fusev leadsto each of the several sets Qf the con-vY Y miners of 4the grenades 16, the fu'seCbmmu-j 5 nicating With'theinterior of the cgngeiners Vlin eachlof'which a; powder charge is"carried.

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